Belt.



GIL-MER. JR.

ELT. l APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 1915- `sented Feb. 20,1917.

mtime UMTED sTATns PATENT oFFIcEa s lanomali lifernlianayzrag or; PHILABELPHIA, PMNNSYLVANIA;-Assieinf'ro t.` e'r frii iire'oiviranr,"or PHILADELPHIA'. rnNNsinvANm', za.ge)itrdrna'r-Io'irer ".Iar ,qgff -v Specification ofLetteis Patent. Patented Feb, 20,

Y pplication'led May Serial No` 95,758.

Qing/concern laloopomp rising laminatiensl and V1 'of wnstliatll, GEORGE WALKER'GIL- a desired ply and the section. of `webbing 55 traen@ 4of the Unitedv States, required for the b eltis so cut that the inner' of Philadelphia, county end 1 and the outer end 1". overlap 'with il Stateof Pennsylvania, the party 1" of the body of the 'section .be-` 'ch ijitain Improvements in tween them. The plies orlaminae 'land -1 l IL the following is'a lspeciiiare connectfd between the ends l and 1 60 by the longitudinal stitching 2 so that such ma l en Wonelates to belts for translaminas are ield in smooth closely conformy a hier aand-its primary object is to ing relation` with"` avoidance of the tension provl e an elicient 'endless laminated conin the outer strata and the compression in Structionof substantially uniform strength the inner stra-ta tat is developed by mak 6,5 Y

and thickness, 'strong and durable character, v ing'srnall belts iii one ply form,

and simple and inexpensive. construction;V The free ends 1 and 1h Vnow ha ve the 15 The characteristic improvements of' my we tor'jfilling threadsraveled out to api ,invention are fully disclosed 'in the' fol'- proximatelythe extentA` they overlap,` las lowing description and the accompanying illustrated .n Fig. 2; then"approximately 70 'l drawings inillustrationthereoi f halfof the Vfreewarp ends' 1 and 1d are In the drawings, Figure'l is aperspective cut out adjacent-'t0 the part 1", as illus# ,20 "View of an initial form in the manufacture tated in glig. 3, and' this is followed by of the belt, in which a section of webbing formingv th e stitches -3 and 3 across the has been wound `in a two-plyloop connected butts ofth e' loose warp ends through the 'f6 by longitudinal stitching, with free overpart 1 of the webbing which joins a part i lapping ends separated by a `continuous 1. to a part 1'., as illustratedin Fig'. 4free e part of the section; Fig. 2 is an enlarged ends of eazh warpj'being thrown back in. perspective view 'of .a part of the construcf stitchingl dawn the others to `prevent such l 2 with the further development thatsu'b- 'thinned d r-wn` toward :thei

outer unraveled ends have been seweddown' ply of the webbing, andthe tion shown in Fig. 1 with the 'filling thread freeends b ling caughtby the? stitching. .f lao f raveled out of the 4overlapping ends g' Fig. f The warp' endsrleft free-after the c ross-L 3 is a' view similar to that shownin Fig. stitching@ and 3" are nowfeatheredj orl r termini 'afterI "stantially half of the loose warp ends have the form ,cf 'oppositely disposed wedgesso been trimmed out; Fig. 4 isa View similar that the4 re sultingfoverlappmg,,ends 1"* and 8 l to` that show-n in Fi 3 ywith the further -1 together areapproximately equal in their development that the utts of the inner and cross-sectic ns' to cross-sections 'of-fa` arts s', f ltothe intermediate body partof'the belt by and 1i have together approxgmatel-y; the several rows of transverse stitching and t he V strength ,of two parts 1V and'jlf. im ends remaining free have been feathered4 or The feahered ends 1 and 11? are vnew reduced gradually-from the stitching to secured thioughoutftheir leg'thstoth'e part 40 their termini; Fig. 5 is' a' view similarto 1" .by firs; cross-stitching 4;, as illustrated 'l that shown. in Fig. l with thefurther dein Fig. and then by the 'longitudinal velopment that the loose warp ends have stitching 5, as illustrated in Fig.'6,"the#lat-V 95? been sewed down by transverse stitching .ter showingthe'f completedjbelt.

i afterhavingbeen lfeathered or'thinned in tV will 'ie understood that while I'have- 4,5' wedge-like form so that such reversely taillustrated and -dcscribedQthe best 'method' connected' by 4 transverse ,and longitudinal and for products having special charac? .pered ends together haveV cross-sections, apsn and eonstiuction4 known to'me or1 'general' proximately equal to those of the unre'duced use, the d tails may jbe variously 1,11odiH'ed`-.10a`` warp; and Fig, 6 is a perspective-view of at the con veniencegofthe manufacturer, by the Iinishedl ,belt with the ends and body reason of 'xhe' character of thematerial used .4

stitch' teristics.`

YAs ilustrated in the drawings, webbing Having described my inventioxnl claim: 105

rL of the desired character is wound toform -r 1. A b1 lt comprising a single' piece of webbing Wound to provide a. laminated portion .and having feathered ends separated by an intermediate part of the webbing and means for securing' said part and .ends to gether,

2. A belt comprising a laminated loop of "webbing having'overlapping ends of warp threads from which lthe weft threads have been removed and means for securing said ends to an intermediate part Vof the'loop 'of said webbing.

3. A belil compiising a section of webbing 5. A belt comprising a section of webbing I Wound to provide a loop having several plies 4with reduced overlapping warp ends from which the iveft has been removed and stitching including seams across said warp ends for securing them ,to an intermediate part of the webbing@ 6. A device 4of woven material' having thinned and feathered overlapping warp ends from which the weft threads have been removed and havingan 4intermediate layer to which said ends are sewed by stitching including -seams across and through said ends and intermediate layer.-

ln testimony-whereof I have hereunto set my name this 29th daj7 of April, 1916.

G. WALKER GILMER, JR. 

